By Clara Dabo
The National leadership of the Action Alliance (AA), under Chief Barrister Kenneth Udeze, has instituted a fundamental rights suit before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, against the Inspector General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, and others, over alleged intimidation, harassment, and unlawful interference in the internal affairs of the party.
In a statement signed by the party’s National Secretary, Vernimbe A. James, the suit filed on July 17, 2025, with suit number FCT/HC/CV/2741/25 seeks declaratory and injunctive reliefs to halt what the party described as illegal attempts by the police, allegedly instigated by former party member Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, to disrupt the party’s operations and leadership.
The applicants in the case include the National Chairman, Chief Barr. Kenneth Udeze; National Secretary, Vernimbe A. James; National Treasurer, Ekeng Effiom Effiom; National Financial Secretary, Alhaji Ali Abacha; National Legal Adviser, Barr. Emeka Anukwuem; and the Action Alliance itself.
Joined as respondents are the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector General of Police, the Force Criminal Investigation Department Abuja, ACP Yakubu Sule, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the party, its legal team led by Peters Ugwuoke, has also written to the Nigerian Police Force in a letter dated July 18, 2025, urging the police to respect the judicial process by maintaining the status quo ante and refraining from any further invitations, interrogations, or harassment of Chief Udeze and other National Executive Committee (NEC) members pending the court’s determination of the suit.
The party emphasized that its leadership will not honour any further police invitation relating to the leadership tussle until the matter is resolved in court. It warned that any continued action by the police or any party involved would constitute an affront to the authority of the judiciary and amount to unlawful self-help.
The leadership of the Action Alliance also accused Adekunle Rufai Omoaje of resorting to underhanded tactics after a series of legal defeats.
The statement noted that Omoaje had lost several cases at the FCT High Court, the Federal High Court, the Court of Appeal (Abuja Division), and most recently, at the Supreme Court, all of which affirmed the legitimacy of Chief Udeze’s leadership.
The party condemned Omoaje’s alleged use of the police to meddle in its internal affairs, describing it as a desperate move to destabilize the party. It called on the judiciary to bring an end to what it described as “unwarranted madness” and reaffirm the rule of law.
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